OMXS fell 0.8 percent on Friday, and for the entire past week, it ended at minus 3.8 percent. However, since the turn of the year, OMXS has risen 6.4 percent.
Fewer jobs than expected were created in the USA last month, but the unemployment rate was in line with market expectations and did not come as a negative surprise. How the labor market develops in the USA is considered to have significant importance for how the American central bank proceeds with interest rate cuts, which in turn affects the stock market climate.
In the OMXS30 index of the most traded shares, the decline was broad. Only four companies closed on a plus, including the real estate company SBB and pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca, up 1.7 and 0.4 percent, respectively.
Among the major companies, the largest bank Nordea and heat pump manufacturer Nibe fared the worst, both losing 2.2 percent.
Outside OMXS30, the IT and medical company Sectra rose, releasing a report in the morning. The share price increased by 5.0 percent.
